Pentti Matikainen (5 October 1950 – 29 June 2025) was a Finnish hockey coach and general manager. He was selected the

SM-liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mest ...

coach of the year in 1984. As the coach of the Finnish national ice hockey team, he led Finland to silver medals in the

1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m ...

and the 1992 World Championships, and to third place in the

1991 Canada Cup The 1991 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament played in August and September 1991. The finals took place in Montreal on September 14 and Hamilton on September 16, and were won by Canada. The Canadians defeate ...

. Matikainen was the coach of

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

from 1987 to 1990 and its CEO from 2001 to 2008. Matikainen died from cancer on 29 June 2025, at the age of 74.

Coaching awards and honours

head coach * ''(1)'': Calgary 1988 (Winter Olympics) * ''(1)'': 1992 IIHF World Championship * ''(1)'':

* Izvestia Trophy ''(1)'': 1989 *

''(1)'': 1986–87 * SM-liiga, ''(5)'': 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1995–96

References

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* * 1950 births 2025 deaths Jokipojat players Mikkelin Jukurit players SaiPa players Finland men's national ice hockey team coaches Ice hockey people from Joensuu Deaths from cancer in Finland {{Finland-icehockey-bio-stub